Believe in Love – Part 2 – My past haunts me

“I’m here!” Luke screamed waving at me from the distance. I approached him and opened the car.

“You are really noisy did you know that…?” I said, getting inside my car.

“I’m… sorry…” he said sitting on the passenger’s seat. I sighed and looked at him.

“Yet, if you weren’t noisy I probably would have never found you and saved you… So I guess this is a goodie…”

“When you put it this way… yeah… you’re right…!”

“I think that the job of making a sentence look better by looking at it from different angles and perspectives is the job of a psychologist.”

“No… that’s a politician.” Luke said before laughing. I couldn’t help but laugh a little as well. After all, it was actually kind of funny.

I drove us to the Ice Cream House, a place nearby the university that was actually good at what they did. There we bought Ice Cream, however, he didn’t for a moment stop looking at the book I gave him.

“What’s so special about it man? You didn’t stop looking at it for a minute”

“Oh… nothing important… it’s just… this is actually the only gift I got for my 18th birthday…”

“Why that..?”

“I… recently moved in to study here in SD… I live alone, working during the morning and studying from the afternoon to evening… I don’t get to see many people…” he said looking down.

“What do you work as?”

“I’m a waiter…”

“That’s a nice job… you must get many tips for a good work.”

“It’s not so bad… I mean, I can live on my own with what I earn… if I… work hard…”

“Kinda like me… I also work in the morning… as a teacher”

“You’re… a teacher? What do you teach!?”

“Japanese… I have about… 20 students… all of them teenagers probably wanting to watch anime without subtitles…”

“That’s actually funny”

“But I also have some friends to support me with the expenses… we all live together.”

“It must be nice to have people around all the time…”

“Well… it has its ups and downs”

“Haha! Cool!”

I could see his smile, there was something not quite right about him… he seemed sad to me…

“Can I ask you one more thing?”

“Shoot it” he said.

“Why did you choose SD?”

“What can I say… LA is the city where dreams come true… most of times…”

“And your parents?”

“I don’t talk to them that often…”

“Why…?”

“Because…”

We were interrupted by the waitress, I asked for the bill and waited for it to come.

“You were saying…?”

“Actually… remember when I asked you why you don’t have reasons to smile…?”

“What about it?”

“If you tell me your secret I’ll tell you mine…” He said, kind of blushing, probably for making such a childish deal.

“Very well…”

“Really?”

“Yeah… really…” I said supporting my arms on the table.
“4 years ago… I was in love with a certain someone… this person was everything to me… but then… we were taken apart and we kept texting. I received a text about a new relationship and our breaking up. I was desolated and from that day on… I was not the same I was.”

“I’m… so… sorry…”

“You have to stop apologizing for everything you do…” I said messing his hair with my hand.

“I’m… so- I mean… ok…”

“Well this is my part of the deal… where is yours…?”

“Hum, before I say something, can I ask you… how were you before you changed?”

“I don’t know…. happier… romantic… emotional… kind of shy…”

“You did change a lot… your eyes have this… strong look inside…”

“More like cold look…”

“Your bill mister” The waitress said lowring a tray on the table. I payed the bill and left her a tip. We then left the place and got back into the car.

“You have your waiter things with you don’t you…?” I asked

“Y-Yes, why?”

“Do you want to sleepover?”

“I… don’t know…”

“The area where you live is not very friendly at this time”

“Yeah… I know that…”

“So?”

“… Ok, I’ll sleepover…”

“This is not the reason I am taking you to my house…”

“It isn’t?”

“No… and you will find out what I intend to do soon enough.”

“Don’t do that!